MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported 27,403 new coronavirus cases on Friday, including 6,868 in Moscow, taking the national total to 2,402,949 since the pandemic began.
Authorities also confirmed 569 deaths related to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the official national death toll to 42,176.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Alex Richardson)